Oregon - Session 2026R1
Title: Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to ensure that access to behavioral health treatment in the medical assistance program is comparable to access to medical and surgical treatment and that limitations are applied to behavioral health treatment no more stringently than to medical and surgical treatment.
<b>Digest: The Act makes changes to laws about mental health and substance use disorder treatment. The Act changes a law about quality reviews of CCOs. The Act says who can be reimbursed for telehealth services. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.9).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act makes changes to laws relating to mental health and SUD treatment. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5).</i>] Requires the Oregon Health Authority and coordinated care organizations to ensure that access to behavioral health treatment in the medical assistance program is comparable to access to medical and surgical treatment and that limitations are applied to behavioral health treatment no more stringently than to medical and surgical treatment. Prohibits the authority or a contracted external quality review organization, under certain circumstances, from making a negative finding about or imposing a penalty on a coordinated care organization based on documents or templates created by the authority for use by a coordinated care organization. Modifies certain statutes to clarify roles and responsibilities for the delivery of behavioral health services and to update terminology. <b>Modifies the types of providers that may be reimbursed in the state medical assistance program for the cost of health services delivered using telemedicine. Becomes operative on January 1, 2027. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.</b>
Tracking state legislation? Support LegiList with a small contribution. Independent, ad-free, and built by one developer.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-24 | Status | introduced |
| 2026-02-24 | Latest Action | Public Hearing held. |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 4069 | Requires a behavioral health employer to implement a written safety policy or plan for the physical safety of individuals working for the behavioral health employer. | in_committee |
| HB 4075 | Requires the State Treasurer to use up to $44 million from the Unclaimed Property and Estates Fund to guarantee a loan made to a rural hospital for financial stabilization. | introduced |
| HB 4083 | Requires the Oregon Health Authority to, no later than June 30, 2027, adopt a uniform process for credentialing behavioral health providers and select an existing electronic credentialing system. | introduced |
| HB 4147 | Requires the Oregon Health Authority to collaborate with the Department of Human Services and the Employment Department to submit an annual report that provides information about employers that employ 500 or more employees in this state and have employees who are medical assistance recipients. | in_committee |
| HB 4160 | Directs schools to have a cardiac emergency response plan as part of the procedures for responding to medical emergencies. | introduced |
| HB 4039 | Requires the Oregon Health Authority to develop a transparent and data-driven process for developing capitation rates for coordinated care organizations. | introduced |
| HB 4047 | Requires the Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules and procedures to allow a hospital to apply for a license as a rural emergency hospital. | in_committee |
| HB 4053 | Establishes the Emergency Medical Services Program Fund. | introduced |